MEL Introduction to DCVs (August)

Description

Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm, Wednesday 12 August 2026
Venue: Maritime Industry Australia Ltd, 473 St Kilda Road, Melbourne Victoria 3004
Experience/Tour: Port of Victoria Control Tower, Port Melbourne

Join DCV expert Wes Oswin as he guides you through Australia’s domestic commercial vessel sector. 

Focus areas for Introduction to Domestic Commercial Vessels are:

• Types of vessels and their operations
• DCV regulatory framework
• Crewing requirements and competency certificates
• The role of AMSA as the industry’s regulator

This course may especially benefit:

• new entrants into the domestic maritime sector
• policy makers from state federal and local governments
• staff that require general knowledge of Australia’s domestic maritime sector

Course participants will receive a certificate upon completion.

Catering

The course is fully catered for with morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Please advise of any dietary requirements at time of booking.

Experiential component

An offsite shipping-related tour will form part of the course to put concepts highlighted during the day into action. Transfers will be provided to and from the tour.

Please note:

• Course participants will receive a certificate upon completion.
• Participants may be required to sign an indemnity in order to participate in the offsite shipping-related tour.
• This is an in-person event and numbers may be restricted to provide the best possible experience for attendees
• MIAL reserves the right to cancel this event at short notice, particularly if insufficient participants are registered to make the course viable – in the unlikely event that this happens, registered attendees will be notified and receive a refund or credit to attend a future session. MIAL strongly recommends flexible travel arrangements are made for this reason.
• Photographs of the course and activities may be taken for promotional purposes. This is acknowledged within the terms and conditions. If you do not wish for your photograph to be published (including on social media) please advise MIAL and your course facilitator on the day.